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Battle of Kohima 1944

British and Indian troops at Kohima and Imphal throw back the Japanese offensive, ending Japan's plan to invade India.

Map showing the location of Battle of KohimaKohima
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Key facts

Date1944
TypeBattle
Location25.67° N, 94.11° E
Nearest city on the mapDhaka (about 427 km)
Territory of (map of 1938)British Raj

Rulers in 1944

RealmRulerReign
Rus' / RussiaStalin1924–1953
ChinaChiang Kai-shek1928–1949
Japan (de facto ruler)Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito)1926–1989

The world around 1944

YearEventWhere
1942Fall of SingaporeSingapore
1945Atomic bombing of HiroshimaHiroshima
1945Battles of Iwo Jima and OkinawaBattle of Okinawa
1947Partition and Indian independenceDelhi
1949The People's Republic of China is proclaimedBeijing

Further reading

Who was alive at the time

LivedPerson
1889 – 1964Jawaharlal NehruFirst prime minister of India
1890 – 1969Ho Chi MinhVietnamese revolutionary leader

Last updated 9 November 2026. Sources: border data from historical-basemaps, land and rivers from Natural Earth; texts written for Chronica Maps from standard reference works. How we make the maps.